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5.9 RESURRECTION

Not all deaths need result in a visit to the Fates (see HELPPRAYING). There
are other ways to return to life, or to avoid death entirely!
VitaePotions
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The most widely used method of avoiding death is through the use of a vitae
potion. Only the most skilled Alchemists can brew the vitae potion, and vials
of it tend to be expensive. When sipped, the vitae potion will immediately
drain you of ten power, but you will gain a defence which lasts until you are
next killed. On death, your body will immediately reform and you will return
to life (with all your available power consumed once more). Sometimes this may
be less than helpful, as the vicious gravedigger who killed you the first time
will just kill you again! Othertimes, it may be all you need to make good your
escape.
If you are killed on prime by another player and you are resurrected by the
Vitae potion, this will count as a death for the purposes of the Avenger. HELP
AVENGER for more details.
Immolation
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Once slain, your body will lie broken on the ground and your soul will rise
out of it. Slowly, your mental reserves will tick away, and when they have
gone, your experience will drain out of you in its place, unless you pray for
salvation and the Fates save you. But, hold on! If a friend or ally finds your
body, they can drag it to their Nexus and IMMOLATE your BODY, and you will
return to life. Depending on the status of their Nexus, this may drain 100
power from the organisation, and often the cities or communes may have
stringent use about who qualifies for an immolation and who does not. If you
are unsure about whether you are allowed to immolate another, you had best
check on your city or communeaether, lest you bear the brunt of the
leadership's displeasure.
Conglutination
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The greatest adepts of Planar magic may learn the mysteries of conglutination.
If slain on any of the outer planes (i.e. not on the Prime Material Plane),
their souls will be drawn to the nexus at which they are tied and their bodies
will reform.
Other forms of Resurrection
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There are many other forms of resurrection. To name but a few:
- the Tainted City of Magnagora has mastered necromancy to such an extent
that its citizens may cheat death, rising as liches after they are slain;
- New Celest's Celestines and Paladins may resurrect bodies brought to them,
and may sacrifice their own lives for the souls of others; similarly
- there exist puissant Amulets of Resurrection which may raise
the dead, and the Avatars of the Gods may sometimes reinvigorate the
fallen, though at great cost to themselves.